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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.36.13

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 36: Mārīca’s story of his first defeat. He recalls attacking Viśvāmitra’s sacrifice and being hurled a hundred yojanas into the sea by the young Rāma’s arrow

In the sequence: Mārīca approached armed and dismissed him as a mere boy, rushing toward the altar

3.36.13

tato 'haṃ meghasaṃkāśas taptakāñcanakuṇḍalaḥ
balī dattavaro darpād ājagāma tadāśramam

Then I, resembling a cloud, with earrings of refined gold, mighty and granted a boon, came in my arrogance to that hermitage.

Words: tato 'haṃ — then I; meghasaṃkāśas — resembling a cloud; taptakāñcanakuṇḍalaḥ — with earrings of refined gold; balī — mighty, strong; dattavaro — granted a boon; darpād — out of arrogance; ājagāma — came; tadāśramam — to that hermitage

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.